The Post-Gazette's Adrian McCoy keeps an eye on the Internet and any online developments in arts and entertainment and passes them on to our post-gazette.com readers.
TRASH TALKIN': If you're not already convinced that celebrity worship has gone way over the top, pay a visit to Hollywood Star Trash, a Web site that is selling items allegedly gleaned from Paris Hilton's trash, via eBay.
Among the items available: an empty can of Party Animal dog food (priced at $162.50 as of this writing, plus $5 shipping), used makeup collection ($200 starting price), Q-Tips, a toothbrush, contact lenses, postcards and more memorabilia from everyone's favorite celebutante/ex-con.
The Hollywood Star Trash slogan: "If it's not star trash, it's just trash."
They guarantee that all items were taken from trash bins outside Hilton's home, but not that Hilton, "or any other celebrity," used or touched them.
A MySpace video follows the trash pickers as they pinpoint Hilton's home and find out when trash day is. A videotaped consultation with a lawyer indicates that it's all legal, as long as they wait until the trash is on the street. A second video showing how the eBay auction went will be posted soon.
Other celebrity trash is being stalked by the folks at Hollywood Star Trash and will be available in the coming months.
http://stores.ebay.com/HollywoodStarTrash
THE UNGLAMOROUS SIDE OF MOVIE-MAKING -- the thankless life of the intern -- is the subject of a new Web series.
"So You Wanna Be a Movie Intern?" will follow the misadventures of nine aspiring filmmakers working on the set of Fox Walden's "The Dark Is Rising" in Romania.
The first episode launched June 26. Five others will follow throughout the summer, leading up to the Oct. 5 release of "Dark Is Rising," starring Ian McShane ("Deadwood") and Christopher Eccleston ("Doctor Who," "Heroes").
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?name=movies&id=1563435&vid=159178
DOTCOMEDY VIEWERS CAN NOW UPLOAD THEIR OWN SHORT COMEDY VIDEOS for viewing on the site's new Viewer-Made channel.
NBC Digital Entertainment's broadband comedy channel features original comedies along with videos of selected NBC late-night comedy programming. Because of popular demand, they decided to add the user videos as well.
The site also introduced its Video To Go feature: a series of short Web videos, including the cult classic "The Easter Bunny Hates You," which can be downloaded and watched on demand.
http://www.dotcomedy.com/viewer-made
http://www.dotcomedy.com/video-to-go
PITTSBURGH-AREA VERIZON WIRELESS CUSTOMERS ARE AMONG THE FIRST IN THE NATION to be able to watch local TV newscasts on their cell phones.
Subscribers with V CAST-enabled phones can watch WPXI news, sports and weather reports through WPXI Mobile, on V CAST's new Local TV Video channel.
The service is available in nearly 50 markets across the country.
MySPACE HAS LAUNCHED AN INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE FOR ITS SUBSCRIBERS, enabling them to communicate instantly with others in their MySpace friends network.
A beta version is available to download through the MySpace site. At this time, it will work only for Windows system users. There's an online petition on MySpace to include Mac users as well.
First Published: June 29, 2007, 9:30 p.m.
